come into the
room with a bunch of flowers or some other little gift. How happy the
sick one would be!

Are you not glad to see your friends when you are sick? It makes you
forget some of your pain for a time, does it not?

When we give a bunch of flowers to a friend, a teacher, or some one
who is sick, it is the same as saving, "I love you."

Can you not get a good book and show the sick ones some pictures, or
read to them? You can read about Jesus, who had pity on all the sick
and healed them.

Jesus was very kind, and was glad to take away the aches and pains
when the people came to him.

He had great power to heal all kinds of sickness, and in several
places in the Bible we read that "he healed all the sick" that came to
him.

[Illustration: TAKING FLOWERS TO A SICK FRIEND]

He can heal us now if we trust him and ask for his healing power.
Jesus can do all things.

He can do many things for us if we live true to him, and ask him for
the things that we need as we would ask mama for a piece of bread or
cake. Jesus never fails to supply our needs if we are his true
children and live for him. Let us have faith in God.

Do a Kindness

"Do a kindness, do it well;
Angels will the story tell.

"Do a kindness, tell it not;
Angels' hands will mark the spot.

"Do a kindness, though 'tis small;
Angel voices sing it all.

"Do a kindness, never mind!
What you lose the angels find.

"Do a kindness, do it now;
Angels know it all, somehow.

"Do a kindness any time;
Angels weave it into rhyme.

"Do a kindness, it will pay;
Angels will rejoice that day.

"Kindly deeds and thoughts and words
Bless the world like songs of birds."

[Illustration: FLOWERS FOR MOTHER]

The Blind Girl

Blind persons can not see anything. They can not tell what any person
looks like. They can not see the sun, moon, trees, birds, flowers, or
any of the pretty things that we see.

They can not read as we do, but they read by feeling with the ends of
their fingers. There are books with raised letters or dots on the
pages for the blind, and by feeling the shape of them they can read.

See the poor blind girl reading the book. Poor girl! she can hear the
birds sing, and can smell the pretty flowers, but she can not see how
lovely they are.

[Illustration: BLIND GIRL READING]

When Jesus was here on earth, he healed the blind who came to him. He